Guided tours of the Jeanne-Chauvin Library - Université Paris Cité

The Jeanne-Chauvin Library: an innovative and attentive architectural project

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Architecture, use and environment.

Within the campus of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management of Paris Cité University, the Jeanne-Chauvin University Library, open to the public in 2018, is an invitation to learn, study, exchange and meet for the entire academic community, carried by a building with original aesthetics, respectfully inscribed in its urban environment.
The architectural project also aimed at a graphic and chromatic resonance with the adjoining faculty, whose Art Deco building is included in the Additional Inventory of Historical Monuments.
The library that bears the name of Jeanne Chauvin, the first lawyer to plead in France in 1901, offers 2500 m2, 32,000 books and 200 titles of periodicals, 410 seats, 25 group workspaces and relaxation spaces.
In addition to its missions, the Jeanne Chauvin Library is also a place of support for pedagogy and a link with the professional world, a place where we find methodological help and where we prepare for the future.

Staff guided tours of the library.

On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, come and discover the Jeanne-Chauvin Library through visits commented by the staff.
“From the figure of Jeanne-Chauvin, first female lawyer at the university library”
A walk outside and then inside the library.
Duration of the visit: 1h to 1h30 depending on the mediators
Departures every hour: 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm (last visit)
Eventbrite Bookings: https://bit.ly/3RpMiFB
More information : you can contact the library Jeanne-Chauvin
- by e-mail : germain.arfeux@u-paris.fr
- by telephone : 01 76 53 45 02/ 01 76 53 45 00

About the venue

10, avenue Pierre Larousse 92240 MALAKOFF
  • Architecture contemporaine remarquable
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  • Édifice industriel, scientifique et technique

The Jeanne Chauvin University Library opened its doors to the public in June 2018\. It is located in Malakoff, on the site of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management of University Paris Cité. Financed by the Ile-de-France Region to the tune of 8.3 million euros, the new building is an original and ambitious project. The project manager, entrusted to Canal Architecture, wanted to position the new building in its environment as respectfully as possible. The architectural project also aimed at a graphic and chromatic resonance with the adjoining faculty, whose Art Deco building is included in the Additional Inventory of Historical Monuments. In addition to its classic documentary missions, the Jeanne Chauvin Library is also a place of support for pedagogy and a link with the professional world, a place where methodological help is found and where we prepare for the future.

Access: Metro: Line 13 (Malakoff Plateau de Vanves) and 4 (Porte d'Orleans) Bus: 58, 95, 191

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